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Message |
 Topic: intelligence |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 7
Views: 228
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 Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:39 pm Subject: intelligence |
| The problem with intelligence testing is that it doesn't measure common sense, which I think is just as important as "formal" intelligence. Without it, you're doomed. |
| Topic: Parents who feel as if their devotion to AS is questioned |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 10
Views: 378
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:36 pm Subject: Re: Parents who feel as if their devotion to AS is questione |
This is more a curiosity post than anything else, so for all those out there who think (?) that I feel as if I'm being persecuted, I don't.
Every once in a while, I put a post out there about th ... |
| Topic: Eight Fla. teens charged for videotaped attack on classmate |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 22
Views: 984
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:28 pm Subject: Re: Eight Fla. teens charged for videotaped attack on classm |
Speechless.
And, that very seldoms happens with me. |
| Topic: WP tagline like saying Homosexuality is Not a Disease |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 136
Views: 4437
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:24 pm Subject: WP tagline like saying Homosexuality is Not a Disease |
I understand the main arguments against conceptualizing AS as a disease or disorder, and I think I agree with most of them. However, I must point something out.
If one's AS characteristics are not ... |
| Topic: kicking desk in class |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 14
Views: 321
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:11 pm Subject: Re: kicking desk in class |
Hello,
My 8 (almost 9) year old son is in an integrated public school setting and has been kicking his desk and disrupting class. He is diagnosed AS and has a paraprofessional that quickly remove ... |
| Topic: Offer from Autism Speaks, please give your opinion |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 196
Views: 7326
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:52 pm Subject: Offer from Autism Speaks, please give your opinion |
| I can't discount those problems. But none of them were ever instrinsic to the condition. Unfortunately, many of the characteristics that accompany autism CAN be disabling. But how much because of s ... |
| Topic: I Don't Believe Profound Autism is On the Rise |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 8
Views: 411
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:32 pm Subject: I Don't Believe Profound Autism is On the Rise |
| My gripe is that Autism Speaks is built on lies, if they pull in stats about people on the spectrum who were never diagnosed as profoundly autistic and use them to puff up the case for more research o ... |
| Topic: How do you deal with your kiddo repeating movie scripts, etc |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 37
Views: 1395
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:16 pm Subject: Re: How do you deal with your kiddo repeating movie scripts, |
Here's my issue...kiddo, well, he learns every darn movie script there is...so, here are some examples of the things he says while we are out at the store...
1. DAD I DON"T WANT TO EAT GARBAGE! ... |
| Topic: anxiety levels in aspie child |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 19
Views: 1068
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:53 pm Subject: Re: anxiety levels in aspie child |
| Have daughter 10 yrs anxiety levels through the roof sometimes ,very distressing as a parent to watch a nightmare for her weve tried everything from cognitive therapy to yoga, massage ,nothing seem ... |
| Topic: I Don't Believe Profound Autism is On the Rise |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 8
Views: 411
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:39 pm Subject: Re: I Don't Believe Profound Autism is On the Rise |
| I have a 24 year old profoundly autistic daughter. Through the years, it was extremely rare for me to randomly come across other parents with kids like my daughter unless I was in a place where they c ... |
| Topic: is it me or do we not have much tolerance for bad service |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 26
Views: 795
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 4:31 pm Subject: Re: is it me or do we not have much tolerance for bad servic |
I have no tolerance at all for bad service. It's one thing when a restaurant is very busy and it takes a bit longer to get your food, but that's not what I'm talking about.
Here's a perfect exampl ... |
| Topic: Do you pledge allegiance to your nation's flag? |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 64
Views: 3729
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:59 am Subject: Re: Do you pledge allegiance to your nation's flag? |
| In the USA, one of the things that we love to recite, even more than the Lord's Prayer or the Apostles' Creed, is the Pledge of Allegiance. We do this each morning, while standing, facing the America ... |
| Topic: Neighboring Nations |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 19
Views: 510
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:50 am Subject: Re: Neighboring Nations |
| Whether or not you are a Christian, if you believe that the imperative, "love your neighbor as yourself," has moral value, do you believe this is applicable to nations as well as individuals? IMO, mo ... |
| Topic: southern accent |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 43
Views: 945
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:33 am Subject: Re: southern accent |
| The people in the south have country accents because they started to talk a lot slower (or thought they had to) during the slavery years for their black slaves to understand. This started to be picke ... |
| Topic: southern accent |
NewportBeachDude
Replies: 43
Views: 945
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:27 am Subject: Re: southern accent |
| The people in the south have country accents because they started to talk a lot slower (or thought they had to) during the slavery years for their black slaves to understand. This started to be picke ... |
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